Dagenham and Redbridge have apologised for sacking a director three days after her appointment for a post about the Israel-Gaza war. Salma Mashhour was named director of development and engagement on 14 April, alongside Egyptian YouTuber Marwan Serry, who joined the club’s ownership group, external, with the aim of expanding their global reach. But on...
Leicester City captain Jamie Vardy will leave the club at the end of the season but intends to continue his playing career. Announcing the news on Thursday, the Foxes described Vardy as “our greatest ever player”. The 38-year-old striker, who joined in 2012 from non-league side Fleetwood Town, is the club’s record Premier League scorer...
Channel 5 will show 23 Fifa Club World Cup matches this summer after agreeing a UK sublicensing deal with global rights holder DAZN. The free-to-air broadcaster will show 15 group games, four last-16 ties, two quarter-finals, one semi-final and the final. The remaining 40 matches at the expanded 32-team tournament, which takes place in the...
As the plane’s banner suggested, director of football Jon Rudkin and the board have been the target for fans this season. They see Rudkin as a root cause of their decline in recent seasons. He was, of course, in the same position when the Foxes stunned the world to win the Premier League in 2016,...
Vanessa Pearce BBC News, West Midlands Family Suzanne Cherry died on Tuesday, four days after she was struck at Aston Wood Golf Club A husband has said he “watched in helpless horror” as his wife was killed in a crash on a golf course. Suzanne Cherry, 62, from Aldridge in the West Midlands, died in...
Guy Henderson Local Democracy Reporting Service Google The club now plays in the Western League Premier Division Plans for a covered standing area at a Devon town football club have been given the green light. South Hams Council planning committee was unanimous in its support for Ivybridge Town FC’s plan to build a covered standing...
Interim manager Barry Ferguson says his main concern is Rangers returning to winning trophies, rather than his own future at the club. Read full article at source...
Long-serving Exeter hooker Jack Yeandle is close to signing a new deal at the Premiership side. The 35-year-old is out of contract in the summer but Exeter director of rugby Rob Baxter says he is nearing an agreement to extend Yeandle’s stay into a 14th season. The Exeter-born forward has played more than 300 games...
Mark Simpson BBC News NI community correspondent Reporting fromHolywood Golf Club PA Media Holywood made a lot of noise on Sunday night Not even the early closure of the bar could spoil the party at Rory McIlroy’s hometown golf club after his long-awaited Masters victory. The last pints of beer and glasses of wine were...
Watch as Rory McIlroy makes a birdie on the 10th hole despite dropping his club on his approach shot in his final round at The Masters in Augusta. Read full article at source...
Tottenham Hotspur boss Ange Postecoglou says “there is no doubt” someone inside the club is leaking team news. Read full article at source...
Manchester United legend Eric Cantona says the club is being destroyed under the co-ownership of Sir Jim Ratcliffe. Ratcliffe’s Ineos Group bought a 27.7% stake in United in February 2024 worth about £1.25bn ($1.6bn). The Glazer family, who have owned the 20-time English champions since 2005, retain a majority stake but Ineos have taken control...
Referees will wear bodycams at this summer’s Club World Cup. Footage will be made available to broadcasters during matches at the 32-team competition in the United States. Pierluigi Collina, chairman of the Fifa referees committee, said: “It is a good chance to offer the viewers a new experience, in terms of images taken from a...
A golf club in Devon said it had been left devastated after the loss of trophies during a break-in. Devon and Cornwall Police were called at about 10:30 BST on Wednesday after a report of a burglary at Teignmouth Golf Club. The golf club said officers arrived within 10 minutes of the alarms being triggered...
Leicester’s current run of eight games without a goal at home equals that of Manchester City in May 2007. And with table-toppers Liverpool next to visit, a new record could very well be set. Van Nistelrooy is only the second manager in Premier League history to lose eight successive home games in the competition, after...